The Hartley is a lead, gold, zinc, and silver mine located in Cascade county, Montana at an elevation of 6,243 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,243 Feet (1,903 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.9381, -110.72810
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Hartley MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hartley
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Cascade
District: Elkhorn Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Neihart Consolidated Silver Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Polybasite
Unknown: Proustite
Unknown: Pyrargyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Ankerite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Comment (Ownership): OWNER LIVES IN GREAT FALLS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AG & PB GRADES IN MATRIX FROM 700,PROD. STATS; ZN GRADE ESTIMATED. RESOURCE QUANTITIES ARE ESTIMATES BY EVALUATOR SEE BACK UP FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7589, 1951, P. 26-27.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 31, 1950, P. 17.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 20, 1940, P. 17.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 13, 1935, P. 42-44.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
